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New Hampshire State Board of Health; Irving A (Allison) WATSON, AMMD (editor) (1849-1918). A M M DBiblio.com
The Sanitary Volunteer a monthly journal in the interest of healthful homes and communities. The official organ of the New Hampshire State Board of Health. Vol. I.
1889M14690Concord NH:: Republican Press Association 1889. 1889. 1 year 12 issues. 8vo. 2 288 pp. Some figs. index. Original brick-red blind- and gilt-stamped cloth by Crawford & Stockbridge Binders Concord NH with their ticket. Bookplate and embossed stamp on title of the New Hampshire Historical Society; Inscribed by the author/editor to the New Hampshire Historical Society 1898. Very good copy. Scarce. "All published." Containing all 12 parts of the first and only year of this publication on public health. / Goodness – after reading some of the comments that the editor published I wonder! This first 7 comments I read are more toward funny and quackery than toward good advice and health as intended. / Good healthful advice is surely intended but really it is a statement of social norms and gossip. Among the stories and contributions printed How long to sleep – How to use milk and avoid its dangers – Contagious and infectious diseases in New Hampshire – To make Koumiss a sweet drink made with champagne – Our insane poor – Sunshine – Employment for young women – A comic cure for insomnia – Muscle and Mint value of muscle culture – The non-ventilated school-room – Lard and oleomargarine – Hot-air inhalations in phthisis etc. Republican Press Association, 1889. hardcover
